Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Modern slavery: Answering the cry

by Elissa Barrett and Kevin Kish

Modern slavery is everywhere, and women principally are its victims.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

No one loves the stranger

By Gina Nahai

I know what happened with those three women in Cleveland, how one man was able to imprison and torture them in the middle of a residential. . .

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother’s keeper

by Rav Yosef Kanefsky

It is not our place to judge the neighbors of Ariel Castro. We don’t know enough about the particular circumstances of those who lived near this. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

How to become a Jew

by Rabbi Neal Weinberg

There are a variety of options for how to begin the process, but all involve study with a rabbi. Some people study with an individual rabbi for a. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Conversion 101

by Kylie Jane Wakefield

Conversion to Judaism is not easy. It requires a change in beliefs, actions and lifestyle. It involves extensive study, practice, a leap of faith, a. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Becoming Jewish: Tales from the Mikveh

By Susan Freudenheim

Late on a recent Wednesday afternoon, Judith Golden and Suzanne Rosenthal perched at their desks in a small room in the depths of American Jewish. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Autry president embodies American complexity

By Tom Tugend

W. (Walter) Richard West Jr., the new president and CEO of the Autry National Center, believes that a key job of this country’s museums is to. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How the Jews changed L.A.

By Tom Tugend

When Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in 1850, eight Jews, all bachelors, were included on the population rolls. Today, according to the best. . .

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Going home with Gary Baseman

By Tom Teicholz

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: We spend the first half of our lives running away from home and the rest trying to get back.. . .

Friday, April 19, 2013

What Israel means to me

Interviews by Ryan E. Smith | Portraits by Joel Lipton and Andy Romanoff

Pinpointing what makes people so passionate about Israel is no easy thing, perhaps because there are so many options.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Israel Film Fest to fete Martin Landau

By Pat Sierchio

When he was barely out of his teens, Martin Landau was already a successful cartoonist working for the New York Daily News. In fact, the young artist. . .

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

After Doheny Kosher scandal, what does the future hold for L.A.’s meat market? [PHOTOS]

By Jonah Lowenfeld

On Thursday, March 7, at 6:10 a.m., a van and an SUV sit in adjacent parking spaces, in the lot of a McDonald’s near the junction of the 101 and. . .

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Obama’s Middle East visit: 50 shades of gray

By Shmuel Rosner

On March 21, four days before Pesach, Sarah Chazizza was at home in Sderot, doing what people do before Pesach. She was cleaning. It was still early. . .

Friday, March 22, 2013

For your seder table

The following text is excerpted from “The Bronfman Haggadah,” written by Edgar Bronfman with illustrations by Jan Aronson (Rizzoli, 2012).

Friday, March 22, 2013

New role for Moses

By Tom Teicholz

For Passover this year, Rizzoli has just released “The Bronfman Haggadah,” written by the businessman, philanthropist and Jewish community leader. . .

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Is the Newsweek rabbis list good for the Jews?

by Danielle Berrin, Staff Writer | Graphics by Jonah Lowenfeld, Staff Writer

One night some years ago, two powerful Jewish men in media, one from New York and one from Los Angeles, were walking together through the streets of. . .

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Spielberg directs kids to ‘iWitness’ history

By Tom Tugend

In a video, a Holocaust survivor remembers how he had to kill the family dog as he faced deportation to a wartime ghetto, where there would not be. . .

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Reflecting on 20 years of ‘Schindler’

By Tom Tugend

If Hollywood were a monarchy, Steven Allan Spielberg would likely be its king.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Getting to Know You...

By Susan Freudenheim

In 2000, an urban congregation of 1,000 families found itself at a crossroads. The synagogue had a balanced budget and a beloved rabbi who was. . .

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2013: Hagel, Kittenyahu, Lena Dunham [SLIDESHOW]

By JewishJournal

Connect. Inform. Perspire

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Purim’s other woman: Vashti, the queen who kept her clothes on

by Isabel Kaplan, Contributing Writer

When it comes to the story of Purim, Queen Esther has received lots of attention. All the little girls want to play her in the Purim spiel. She’s. . .

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Five candidates for L.A. mayor vie for your vote

By Jonah Lowenfeld

Los Angeles’ next mayor will oversee a city with thousands of miles of streets in need of repair. The mayor will inherit a budget with a $216. . .

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Why isn’t L.A. up to haute kosher?

by Jessica Ritz

During lunch at the Golden State restaurant on Fairfax, in between making sure my kids’ locavore-friendly food stays on plates and haranguing them. . .

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Observing Tu B’Shevat through fruit trees and food justice

By Devorah Brous and Sarah Newman

Across the globe this month Jewish communities are celebrating the holiday of Tu B’Shevat. Many choose to commemorate the “New Year of The. . .